SB 1383 Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy

  1. EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM
  2. PROCUREMENT
  3. organic Waste Curbside Collection 
  4. Education            & Outreach

REQUIRED TO SEND SURPLUS FOOD TO FOOD ORGANIZATIONS

TIER ONE DONORS TIER TWO DONORS
Starting January 1, 2022 Starting January 1, 2024
 Supermarkets with revenues ≥ $2 million. Restaurants with Facilities ≥ 5,000 sq. ft.
or 250+ Seats
Grocery Stores with Facilities ≥ 10,000 sq. ft. Hotels with an On-Site Food Facility and
200+ Rooms.
Food Services Providers Health Facilities with an On-Site Food Facility
and 100+ Beds
Food Distributors Large Venues and Events
Wholesale Food Vendors State Agency Cafeterias with Facilities 
≥ 5,000 sq. ft. or 250+ Seats
  Local Education Agency with an On-Site 
Food Facility
  Non-Local Entities

Under Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statues of 2016), Jurisdictions are required to adequately resource the following programs:

1.  Provide mandatory organic waste curbside collection services to all residents and businesses.

A. Organic waste includes green waste, wood waste, food waste, manure, fibers, etc. 
B. Containers have prescribed colors.
C. Containers are labeled and monitored for contamination.
D. Assess its current collection programs and determine what may need to be expanded or changed

2.  Establish an edible food recovery program for all Tier 1 and 2 commercial edible food generators.

A. Ensure that there are edible food recovery organizations that have enough capacity
B. May entail providing funding to ensure there is adequate capacity and collection services

3.  Conduct education and outreach to all generators

A. Requires education to be provided to all generators, and when applicable education may need to be provided in other languages.

4.  Each jurisdiction will be required to procure certain levels of compost, renewable gas used for transportation fuels, electricity, heating applications, or electricity from biomass conversion produced from organic waste. Additionally, jurisdictions will need to purchase recycled content paper and paper products.

5.  Plan and secure access for recycling and edible food recovery capacity.

6.  Jurisdictions will be required to monitor compliance and conduct enforcement. 

A. Monitoring and education must begin on January 1, 2022.
B. Enforcement actions must start January 1, 2024.

7.  Jurisdictions are required to adopt an ordinance, or similarly enforceable mechanism that is consistent with these regulatory requirements prior to January 1, 2022.